Louis Lumière Movies

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

With a crowded arena in the background, a stationary camera records a bull charging a picador astride his horse. An attendant on foot throws stones...

Pedestrian and various vehicles traffic on Place Bellecour, in Lyon.

A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.

A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.

[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of...

The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.

Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

Short made in Mexico.

Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other and they...

A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised...

In the foreground, smoke billows. Four horse-drawn fire wagons approach and pass in front of a stationary camera. Two horses draw each wagon, and...

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

Lumiere brothers actuality, filmed the 12th of March 1896 in Rome, in front of the Spanish Steps. It shows some couples of Ciociari performing their...

A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.

This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary...